Tyler Fischer

What were they booing?

Well, they're just like, you can't talk about, you can't, that's their life.

You can't talk about what it's like to be a gay person.

And it's like, when I was seven, I was hiding it from my friends.

So I was living like a closeted gay guy.

I went to insane lengths to hide my dad having a boyfriend because back this was 1993 That's when it was you know and prior.

That's when it was bad But I I imagine what guys like that think of what's going on now to be like you're like a two-spirit Heteronormative whatever this shit is yeah, and back then it was bad and

For men, I think it was associated with AIDS.

So I remember I was in the car, and, you know, we would, like, raise money for AIDS runs and all this stuff, and my friend's like, that's the AIDS thing, right?

And I would tell him, my dad's an attorney, I would tell him, because he'd go, this is my partner.

And I would tell my friends, they go, why is your dad's partner sleeping?

I go, that's his law partner.

I go, they're working on a case.

They're gonna be up all night, fellas.

If you hear some banging and moaning and shit, they're recreating the murder.

They're in there.

I would come up with this.

Probably why I'm a good writer.

Back then, it was not accepted at all.

When did everybody figure it out?